The Maharashtra cabinet infrastructure committee, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has approved the 204-km-long four-lane cement concrete highway from Nagpur to Chandrapur. CM Fadnavis said that a four-lane cement highway with a length of 204 kilometres, connecting the road to Chandrapur city, 11 kilometres, will cost Rs 2353.39 crore, including land acquisition. CM Fadnavis also suggested extending the proposed Nagpur-Chandrapur expressway to the Surjagad iron ore project in Gadchiroli, via Navegaon-More, to improve access to key industrial zones.
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The Maharashtar CM also gave instructions to submit a proposal for the construction of a highway between Chandrapur and Mul.
Since the Nagpur-Chandpur highway is being constructed up to Navegaon More,